Administration

Ornate door

Within the organizational structure of 顶级国产视频, academic subjects are organized by schools, which are made up of programs, departments and areas.

顶级国产视频 Schools:

  • School of Arts and Humanities
  • School of Behavioral and Social Sciences
  • School of Human Development and Education
  • School of Natural Sciences
  • The Bill Munday School of Business

Graduate programs are offered within the university鈥檚 schools.

Programs, Departments and Areas:

  • The Biology program is offered by the School of Natural Sciences.
  • The MBA program is offered by The Bill Munday School of Business.
  • The Department of History is within the School of Behavioral and Social Sciences.
  • The Art area coordinator organized the exhibit.

The word 鈥減rogram鈥 is not capitalized, except in these cases:

  • Academic Counseling and Support Programs
  • Alumni and Parent Programs
  • College Assistance Migrant Program (CAMP)
  • Fellows Program
  • Fulbright Program
  • Honors Program

 Administrative offices within the university are not referred to as departments:

  • 鈥淢arketing Office鈥 instead of 鈥淢arketing Department鈥
  • 鈥淥ffice of Residence Life鈥 instead of 鈥淒epartment of Residence Life鈥

Capitalize the official names of offices, otherwise, lowercase:

  • Contact the Office of Admission for an application.
  • Pick up an application at the admission office.

Note: Our university style spells 鈥渁dmission鈥 as singular: 鈥淎dmission鈥 not 鈥淎dmissions鈥

Faculty, Adjunct instructor, Professor, PhD

  • 鈥淔aculty鈥 refers to the entire instructional staff. It takes a singular verb. Its plural is 鈥渇aculties.鈥 When referring to an individual, use the phrase 鈥渇aculty member.鈥 When referring to a group of individuals numbering less than the entire faculty, use the phrase 鈥渇aculty members.鈥
    •  The faculty of St. Edward's University is highly regarded.
    • Several faculty members will join the planning committee.
  • Use 鈥渁djunct instructor,鈥 not 鈥渁djunct,鈥 鈥渁djunct teacher鈥 or other variations for non-contracted full-time faculty.
  • Likewise, use 鈥減ostdoctoral associates鈥 for instructors with this title. Commas precede and follow academic degrees, and designations:
    • Gary Morris, PhD, is dean of the School of Natural Sciences.
    • Judith Smith, CPA, will consult on the new budget.
  • Use 鈥減rofessor鈥 over 鈥淒r.鈥 and 鈥淧hD.鈥
  • When not using 鈥減rofessor,鈥 use 鈥淧hD鈥 over 鈥淒r.鈥
  • Capitalize 鈥淧rofessor鈥 when it precedes a name:
    • Professor Susan Jones received her grant.
  • Capitalize 鈥淧rofessor鈥 and program name when it precedes a name:
    • Susan Jones, professor at St. Edward鈥檚, received her grant.
  • Lowercase 鈥減rofessor鈥 and capitalize program name when they follow a name:
    • David Smith, professor of Psychology, teaches a course in childhood behavior.
    • John Smith, associate professor of Digital Media Management at St. Edward鈥檚, explains how the school鈥檚 digital media programs originated.
    • Marie Diaz, postdoctoral teaching associate in Chemistry, will lead the discussion.

Common Descriptors

All-America

All-American

All-Heartland

All-conference

All-district

All-region

All-tournament

First-team

Second-team

Elite Eight

Nationals

Sweet 16

Use 鈥渇irst-team All-America,鈥 unless it鈥檚 before someone鈥檚 name, as in 鈥淔irst-Team All-American Joe Buck鈥 (notice the 鈥渘鈥 added for that instance).

Do not capitalize 鈥渉onorable mention鈥 when referring to:

  •  Daktronics honorable mention All-America (treat the same as first-team)

Use 鈥渃onference championship,鈥 unless it鈥檚 the same occurrence as above (i.e. Conference Champion St. Edward鈥檚).

Use title case when a conference鈥檚 proper name is used (i.e. Heartland Conference Pitcher of the Week, Heartland Conference All-Tournament Team, Heartland Conference Championship).

Athletics teams aren鈥檛 capitalized, as in men鈥檚 tennis team or women鈥檚 basketball team.

However, if the team has an actual name, capitalize it (i.e. ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District Team).

All women鈥檚 athletics programs are referred to as 鈥渨omen鈥檚鈥 teams, never 鈥済irls鈥 or 鈥渓adies鈥 teams.

Students who play sports are referred to as 鈥渟tudent-athletes.鈥

Beginning in Fall 2019, St. Edward鈥檚 will compete in NCAA Division II as a member of the Lone Star Conference.

鈥淣CAA鈥 needn鈥檛 be spelled out.

RBI vs. RBIs 鈥 Run(s) Batted In (singular or plural use determined by editorial context)

Student-athletes may be referred to by their class (freshman, sophomore, junior, senior) instead of by their graduation year as classification can differ from expected graduation.

  • Freshman Blake Blackwood won the day for the Hilltoppers.

Athletics vs. Athletic

  • 鈥淎thletic鈥 is an adjective describing one鈥檚 physical ability.
  • 鈥淎thletics鈥 is a noun describing the training and practice of sports activities.

In most cases regarding university copy, 鈥渁thletics鈥 is the correct term, whether referring to Hilltopper athletics or to the athletics banquet.

Refer to the program as 鈥淎thletics鈥 or 鈥湺ゼ豆悠 Athletics鈥 (capitalize when referring to the entity as a whole).

Do not capitalize if referring to 鈥淗illtopper athletics,鈥 鈥渕en鈥檚 athletics,鈥 鈥渨omen鈥檚 athletics鈥 or 鈥渧arsity athletics.鈥

Most variations on 鈥淗illtopper鈥 are acceptable (i.e. Hilltopper baseball, Hilltopper basketball).

Avoid the 鈥淪EU鈥 abbreviation in sports.

In sports writing only, the University of Texas is abbreviated to 鈥淯T鈥 and UT鈥揂ustin is referred to as 鈥淭exas.鈥 All other UT branches should be listed with city location. For example: UT鈥揂rlington; UT鈥揚ermian Basin; UT鈥揇allas.

When writing about tournaments or competitions, use 鈥4 on 4鈥 instead of 鈥4 v. 4鈥 or 鈥渇our on four.鈥

The school colors 鈥渂lue and gold鈥 are not capitalized in a sentence.